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Fredericksburg, Iowa Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 normals for New Hampton, 12.8 km from Fredericksburg

The warmest month is July, with an average high of 81°F; the coldest is January, with an average low of 6°F. A normal year brings 40.6 in of precipitation and 38.5 in of snow.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low and the record for every date at Charles City (CCY), since 1893. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Fredericksburg through the year, in °F, with the record for each date.-50050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Normal high
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Normals for Sep 24

Normal high
70°F
Normal low
46°F
Record high
90°Fin 2017
Record low
28°Fin 1989
Chance of a wet day
25%
Daylight
12 h 04 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 0.01 inch of precipitation. Freeze nights have a low of 32°F or colder; degree days are on a 65°F base. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowRecord highRecord lowPrecipitationWet daysSnowfallFreeze nightsHeating DDCooling DD
January23°F6°F63°F (2002)-34°F (2009)1.31 in6.29.7 in30.91,5690
February28°F10°F75°F (2024)-32°F (1996)1.38 in5.510.3 in26.91,2940
March41°F22°F86°F (1895)-32°F (1962)2.35 in7.36.2 in25.31,0330
April56°F34°F94°F (1980)3°F (1982)4.18 in9.31.4 in11.35962
May68°F47°F98°F (2013)21°F (2005)4.95 in10.90.0 in1.026827
June78°F57°F102°F (1985)34°F (1903)6.59 in10.00.0 in0.048121
July81°F60°F108°F (1901)39°F (1899)4.99 in7.80.0 in0.013184
August79°F58°F104°F (1988)36°F (1893)4.59 in7.70.0 in0.028133
September73°F49°F99°F (1955)19°F (1899)3.83 in7.50.0 in0.617048
October59°F37°F95°F (1963)9°F (1895)2.66 in6.80.1 in9.25325
November43°F24°F78°F (1999)-14°F (1977)2.07 in5.42.9 in23.09510
December29°F12°F68°F (2021)-29°F (2000)1.67 in6.27.9 in30.01,3720
Year55°F35°F40.57 in9138.5 in1587,872521

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 0.01 inch of precipitation.

40.6 in in a normal year, most in June.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 0.01 inch of precipitation on each date at Fredericksburg, in percent, and of at least 0.1 inch of snowfall.010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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  • Chance of snowfall

Snow

NOAA 1991-2020 snowfall normals for New Hampton.

38.5 in of snow in a normal year.

Frost and the growing season

NOAA's 1991-2020 freeze probabilities for New Hampton. A median date has an even chance of a later freeze in spring, or an earlier one in fall.

The last spring freeze typically comes around May 2 and the first fall freeze around October 5, a growing season of about 155 days.

Median at 36°F
last May 10, first September 28
Median at 32°F
last May 2, first October 5
Median at 28°F
last April 20, first October 15

Frost dates, growing season and degree days

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Fredericksburg.

The muggiest month is July, when 43 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 65°F or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January13°F90%100%0%0%0%0%0%
February17°F86%100%0%0%0%0%0%
March27°F79%99%1%0%0%0%0%
April37°F75%96%3%1%0%0%0%
May50°F76%70%13%11%5%1%0%
June60°F78%24%24%25%18%10%0%
July64°F77%11%20%27%25%15%3%
August61°F76%20%27%24%20%9%0%
September52°F74%60%18%12%8%2%0%
October40°F76%92%5%2%1%0%0%
November29°F82%99%1%0%0%0%0%
December19°F89%100%0%0%0%0%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 55°F, comfortable to 60°F, humid to 65°F, muggy to 70°F, oppressive to 75°F, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is September, with the sky 51 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is December, at 67 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is April, averaging 12.5 mph at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jun 17, with 15 h 22 min of daylight; the shortest is Dec 20, with 9 h 00 min.

Hours of daylight at Fredericksburg through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

How Chickasaw County is running

NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, from the nClimGrid analysis of every station, updated early each month. A rank of 1 is the highest or lowest of all years since 1895.

August 2026 in Chickasaw County: 68.8°F (+0.2 °F against 1991-2020), the 55th coolest in 132 years on record.

August 2026 in Chickasaw County: 5.01 in (+0.73 in against 1991-2020), the 33rd wettest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Chickasaw County: 50.1°F (+2.6 °F against 1991-2020), the 8th warmest in 132 years on record.

January to August 2026 in Chickasaw County: 26.63 in (-1.46 in against 1991-2020), the 37th wettest in 132 years on record.

Warmest August
77.2°F in 1947
Coolest August
63.2°F in 1915
Wettest August
13.05 in in 2021
Driest August
0.57 in in 1969

Every year since 1895

Each year's average temperature in Chickasaw County against the 1991-2020 average, in °F, 1895 to 2025.-6-4-20+2+4+61900192019401960198020002020NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance

Iowa climate and rankings

Month pages

The weather in Fredericksburg in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

A record is the highest or lowest value on the date in every year the station has reported, back to 1893. It rests on one station, so a neighbor a few miles away can hold different ones.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Normals: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals, 1991-2020, station USC00135952 (New Hampton), public domain. Records: NOAA GHCN-Daily, station USC00131402, every year on file, quality-flagged values removed. Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus. Rankings: NOAA NCEI Climate at a Glance, public domain.